Best Documentary Short (Student)

Carol Nguyen - 22
Canada

Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her family to craft a portrait of love, grief and intergenerational trauma.

Centerpiece

McKinleigh Lair - 23, Josh Jacobius - 23, Olivia Forker - 22
Oklahoma

As combative active shooter drills unfold in rural Wyoming, a child psychologist implores her community to consider the consequences.

Closing Night: What Do You Stand For?

Charles Duquet - 22
Canada

Liliane decides to move to a nursing home to care for her husband, who is slowly losing his sense of self. A touching voyage into the unpredictable world of aging.

Through My Eyes

Claire Jantzen - 20, Sara Nell - 20, Kayla Borkovec - 21, Celine Francois - 21
California

A 94-year-old Glacier National Park ranger confronts the decline of the park he calls home as he reflects on his life and the legacy he will leave behind.

Closing Night: What Do You Stand For?

Emma Cataldo - 21, Nidhi Kulkarni - 24
California

‘In Her Corner’ is an intimate look into the lives of three very different women who box. Boxing is about discipline, power, and movement. It is violent yet beautiful, brutal and refined for those who practice it.

Reclaiming Me

JoeBill Muñoz - 23
California

Follow the Sun is an observational documentary that captures the everyday moments of a migrant shelter in Mexico City filled with losses, triumphs, and excruciating moments of waiting. Follow the Sun invites you to understand life in limbo.

Slice of Life

Aurora Brachman - 24
California

A young child tells their mother "I'm not a girl" for the first time.

Come As You Are